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So what’s a tennis ladder tournament? Tennis Clubs in Paphos don’t generally organise these. It’s something very common in the UK. It’s a great, fun way to meet other people and have the opportunity to pitch your skills against others. You can see yourself progressing up the ladder and if you lose a match, it doesn’t matter, you can challenge someone else and then take on the other person again when you’re ready.

OK. So, in a tennis ladder competition, first of all, players are randomnly placed on the steps/rungs of a ladder with number one being the top and say number 10 the bottom. Players challenge one another to a match. In this competition, you can challenge someone up to 3 places above you. If a player wins he either stays the same (if he’s the higher ranked player) or takes the losing players place (if the loser was above him/her) loses, the player moves up or down in position on the ladder. You can play as often or as little as you like, but you can’t challenge the same player until you have played someone else in between.

When does it start and how long does it last?

Our ladder competition is starting now and will last until 1st March 2017. This will give you enough time to play as many matches as you like and to end with a fairly accurate ranking on the ladder.

Where and when does it take place?

There is no set location for this. It is up to you to arrange the matches between you and your opponent where and when suits you both. After a challenge is issued, you have two weeks to play.

How do I find the ladder, see who to play & arrange a match?

Either follow the links for the individual ladders or go to http://www.playwaze.com and search for the Paphos Tennis Community. Register, join the community and sign up for the correct ladders. You can also download the Playwaze app to allow you to message your opponent and enter results from your mobile.

Once you are entered into the ladder tournament, you can look at the ladder and see who is up to 3 places above you. Choose who you which to challenge and send them a message through Playwaze, or ask me for their phone number (Sacha 99 329107).

How much does it cost to enter?

It costs only 10 euros to enter and this allows you to enter up to two categories.

Is it doubles or singles?

At the moment there is just singles, but if there are enough requests for doubles then we will add doubles competitions.

iPAD OR EXERCISE? That’s usually the dilemma with children. Trying to get some of them away from their iPad or computer is almost impossible, but we all know (apart from our children) that exercise is good for us.

So, what do you do? Do you leave them to sit in front of the computer for hours on end, or do you get them out into the fresh air?

Throughout July, we have our SUMMER TENNIS ACADEMY, which could suit your child. It’s a great, fun sport and it is also a mental game. So, someone who likes chess, for example, will love tennis. So too will someone who just loves sport. In fact tennis is for everyone, you just need the person to teach it to you in the right way ;).

Who wants to join our Summer Tennis Academy?

Our Summer Tennis Academy will teach all aspects of the game from tactical, technical, mental, physical and match play. It helps improve concentration, co-ordination, balance, fitness, self-reliance, team work and many other great things. At the same time we try to make it fun. We want to foster a love of tennis to last throughout a lifetime.

Now, the devil is in the details ;), so here you go.

There will be some variations due to the number of children signing up for each class, skill levels, locations etc, but the plan is:

Classes will take place at the Coral Beach Hotel or the Venus Beach Hotel, according to overall demand and schedule constraints. Lessons will be 6-8pm, Monday to Friday, although morning slots from 8-10am may be available if there is sufficient demand for these times.

For children from 6-8 yrs old (roughly) who are using the red balls:

1 hour, twice a week – Euros 17 a week, Euros 60 for July

For children from 8-18 years old (roughly) who are using orange, green & maybe yellow balls:

2 hours, three times a week – Euros 50 a week, Euros 170 for July

This includes matchplay practice as well. We usually organise a tournament at the end for everyone.This is great fun and we like to get the parents there to watch.

So, what do you think? Will your children have fun? Do you want them to learn a really amazing sport?

Either call me on 99 329107, email me at info@sachatennisacademy.com, or click here to go to the online signup form.

Sorry it’s been a while since my last post. It’s been busy!!!! 🙂 Paphos tennis Coaching takes up a lot of time.

So, what’s this about eyesight? I’d never really thought about it, but one of my parents came to me to tell me how happy she was that tennis had helped her child’s eyesight. Apparently in just 4-5 months of tennis her eyesight improved significantly. Some of this was down to the exercises she did, but according to the optician if he compared it to others with the same condition doing the same exercises, tennis accounted for an extra 20% improvement in her eyesight. Wow!!!

Why was this? Well as a beginner, we did loads of exercises to improve hand to eye co-ordination for both the right and left hand and then having to focus on the ball to be able to hit it helped more. She can now play tennis and has a great time. You can’t say fairer than that.

So, if you know children who have a lazy eye, or maybe other conditions, then just maybe tennis could help along with the exercises given by the optician. I’ve always believed that anyone can play tennis and this is just one example.

Almost anyone you ask who plays tennis will say they try to hit with power, but in my Tennis Lessons in Paphos, I try to change this perception.

Why? If you listen to tennis commentators, you often hear them talking about players tightening up, especially on the big points. Think about it. What’s happening? They get stressed, they hold the racquet tighter and they try to force the shot. So, what happens to the flow and shape of the stroke? It changes. The relaxed, consistent stroke disappears, there’s less spin and bam! The shot goes out or in the net. This is exactly what happens when you try to add more “power” to a shot and to “muscle” it. You straighten your arm, grip the racquet tighter and lose the shape of your stroke.

So what can you do? Change your mindset. When you want to add power, what do you want the ball to do? Come on, think for a sec. Yup. Make the ball go faster. So, if you want the ball to go faster, what does it make sense to do? Make the racquet go faster – accelerate the racquet head speed.

So next time you want to add power to the ball, just think that you want to add speed. Power can come from the legs.

Yes! We had a winner for the 1st “competition” – the next day in fact. Congratualtions Ilsa, Dimitri & Sophia! So, this Paphos Tennis Coach has a new offer 🙂

Send in your photos of my car (see below – it’s easily recognisable) either to info@sachatennisacademy.com or post them on my Facebook page www.facebook.com/SachaAppletonTennisAcademy by 14th March and I will pick a winner out of the hat. They will get a free Tennis Lesson.

So, I said to keep your eyes out after the video for more developments with this Paphos Tennis Coach. Now, finally, my new look car is here. Check out the decals on my car.

If you go to my Facebook page you can see that I am offering a free tennis lesson to the first person to send in a photo of my car out and about with its decals. You have 2 weeks – up to 14th March, so get car spotting and make sure you have a camera handy 🙂 Either post the photo on the Tennis Academy Facebook page or email it to http://www.paphostenniscoach.com. If you can like and share the offer as well, that would be great.

The free lesson will be at one of the venues I teach at in Kato Pafos or Coral Bay.

The other weekend, this Paphos Tennis Coach decided to have some fun and put together a video so you could get a snapshot of my lessons. I was limited by what photos and videos I had, but I managed to put something together.

Have a look on Facebook and/or my YouTube channel and like and share it please. I’d love to hear your comments:

So, the Summer Tennis Academy is finished and I’m now on my summer break. I wanted to say a big thank you to everyone who took part and helped to make the summer tennis academy and the mini tournament such a success! This is one satisfied Pafos Tennis Coach 🙂

So what were the results?

In the 3-4 year olds category, Eleesha won on the assault course and Phanis on the supersonic targets.

In the 5-7 year olds, Sophia won the forehand competition, Harry the rally and Ines tennis game.

The orange ball team was very competitive, with Sophia winning the assault course, Dimitris the Big Ball, Andreas the doubles, Maria the best smash and Vera the best serve.

In the Green ball competition, Vasily won the singles, Olivia taking best serve, Abby best lob, James the best dropshot, Jack the most consistent. Joel took best backhand and most improved player.

I’d like to congratulate everyone – not just on playing really well and trying really hard, but also for their sportsmanship. It was a pleasure to see players congratulating each other, cheering each other on and creating an amazing atmosphere. Thanks guys!

No, I’m not talking about Paella! Or Chorizo, although they are both delicious. I’m talking about Spanish tennis, of which this Pafos Tennis Coach is a huge fan.

Spain is arguably the top Tennis nation in the world, with more players in the Men’s top 10, 50, 100 and 200 than any other country. This is not a new phenomenon, for years, it has been the same, so they must be doing something right? I knew they used a different system of coaching so, a couple of years ago this Paphos Tennis Coach went to the Juan Carlos Ferrero Tennis Academy in Spain to check this out and I was very impressed (as welll as having a great time being coached individually for 4 hours a day 🙂 ). I decided I needed to learn this system, so finally this year I did it!

I now have my first RPT (Registro Profesional de Tenis) qualification and intend to continue with all the others.

So now, I will be applying this to my coaching so you can enjoy lessons that utilise the system and skills of the top tennis nation in the world – that can’t be bad 🙂